Kate and Charles' Wedding at Eagle's Nest, Vail Mountain

There have lots of new and exciting changes going on here at White Starfish Photography. Firstly, I am now doing photography work as my sole job, which is exciting and daunting all at the same time. This was always my long term goal and sometimes the universe has a way of pushing you into doing things, even when you think you're not ready. Ironically, since this has happened, I haven't had 2 seconds to really sit down and think about it because I've been swamped with work, which is a great problem to have!

I'm a little backlogged on my editing, but I wanted to share some photos from a wedding that I shot earlier this month at Eagle's Nest at the top of Vail Mountain. Kate and Charles' decided to get married the weekend before closing weekend in Vail. I know I've posted about this before, but when I worked in Group Sales for Vail, we always said that the nicer the bride was, the better the weather would be on her big day. The forecasts were calling for rain and snow for the day of the wedding, and every app or website I looked at said the same thing and it wasn't looking good. Luckily, Kate was possibly the nicest and easiest bride I've ever worked with, and of course we ended up with beautiful weather for their outdoor ceremony and the photos. The snow didn't roll in until everyone was inside for dinner and it made for a beautiful backdrop outside the giant windows at Eagle's Nest.

The ceremony took place on the 4th floor deck at Eagle's Nest at the top of Vail Mountain. Not too many people know about this hidden gem. I love it because it has the most spectacular views of The Mount of the Holy Cross, and it also gives the wedding party and guests some privacy as it's removed from the public eye.

The wedding was a great success, and also my last wedding that I'll be shooting for a couple of months. When I was pregnant with Maxwell, I shot a wedding at 33 weeks. I was 30 weeks pregnant when I shot this wedding and at a certain point, you have to stop and ask if you could really keep up with the pace that is required to be running around getting photos. I've had a couple of requests to shoot weddings once I'm 38 weeks, but given how early people tend to have babies at this altitude, it was better to pass these leads onto my photographer friends.

Thankfully this was a great wedding to shoot. One thing that I loved about this one was the amount of laughter between Kate and Charles. All day they were making each other laugh, which helped both of them to relax and really enjoy their day. They're about to embark on a year long trip around the world, so I congratulate them and wish them well on their new adventure!